Combination of and molecular techniques for discrimination and virulence characterization of marine and .

Introduction: Mammals are the main hosts for sp., agents of worldwide zoonosis. Marine cetaceans and pinnipeds can be infected by and , respectively.

Exploring the pH dependence of an improved PETase.

Enzymatic recycling of plastic and especially of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) has shown great potential to reduce its negative impact on our society. PET hydrolases (PETases) have been optimized using rational design and machine learning, but the mechanistic details of the PET depolymerization process remain unclear. Belonging to the carboxylic-ester hydrolase family with a canonical Ser-His-Asp catalytic triad, their observed alkaline pH optimum is generally thought to be related to the protonation state of the catalytic His.

Factors associated with COVID-19 severity in patients with spondyloarthritis: Results of the French RMD COVID-19 cohort.

Objectives: The objective of the current study was to evaluate the severity of COVID-19 and identify factors associated with severe disease outcomes in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA), a chronic inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease (RMD).

Methods: We utilized patient data from the French national multicenter RMD COVID-19 cohort (NCT04353609). The primary outcome was to describe COVID-19 characteristics in patients with SpA based on disease severity of COVID-19 (mild, moderate or severe) with serious infection including moderate and severe cases.

Molecular Investigations of Two First Biovar 2 Infections Cases in French Dogs.

Despite biovar 2's (BSB2) active circulation in wildlife, no canine infections have been reported. The present paper is the first to describe two cases of BSB2 infections in French dogs. The first case occurred in 2020 and concerned a 13-year-old male neutered Border Collie with clinical signs of prostatitis.

An iterative gene-editing strategy broadens eIF4E1 genetic diversity in Solanum lycopersicum and generates resistance to multiple potyvirus isolates.

Resistance to potyviruses in plants has been largely provided by the selection of natural variant alleles of eukaryotic translation initiation factors (eIF) 4E in many crops. However, the sources of such variability for breeding can be limited for certain crop species, while new virus isolates continue to emerge. Different methods of mutagenesis have been applied to inactivate the eIF4E genes to generate virus resistance, but with limited success due to the physiological importance of translation factors and their redundancy.

Radial-EBUS and virtual bronchoscopy planner for peripheral lung cancer diagnosis: How it became the first-line endoscopic procedure.

Background: Various advanced bronchoscopy methods have been developed to reach peripheral lung lesions (PLL). In a large cohort, we aimed to assess a standardized procedure of first-line radial-endobronchial ultrasound (r-EBUS) and virtual bronchoscopy planner for the diagnosis of peripheral lung cancer.

Methods: This retrospective, single center study included patients who had r-EBUS-guided bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of a PLL between 2008 and 2019.

Therapeutic antibody glycosylation impacts antigen recognition and immunogenicity.

In this study we show that glycosylation is relevant for immune recognition of therapeutic antibodies, and that defined glycan structures can modulate immunogenicity. Concerns regarding immunogenicity arise from the high heterogeneity in glycosylation that is difficult to control and can deviate from human glycosylation if produced in non-human cell lines. While non-human glycosylation is thought to cause hypersensitivity reactions and immunogenicity, less is known about effects of Fc-associated glycan structures on immune cell responses.

High-Resolution Melting PCR as Rapid Genotyping Tool for Species.

sp. are the causative agents of brucellosis. One of the main characteristics of the genus concerns its very high genetic homogeneity.

CRISPR-based knock-out of eIF4E2 in a cherry tomato background successfully recapitulates resistance to pepper veinal mottle virus.

The host susceptibility factors are important targets to develop genetic resistances in crops. Genome editing tools offer exciting prospects to develop resistances based on these susceptibility factors, directly in the cultivar of choice. Translation initiation factors 4E have long been known to be a susceptibility factor to the main genus of Potyviridae, potyviruses, but the inactivation of the eIF4E2 gene has only recently been shown to provide resistance to some isolates of pepper veinal mottle virus (PVMV) in big-fruit tomato plants.

Virtual Bronchoscopy Planner and Radial-EBUS Guided Biopsy for Organizing Pneumonia Diagnosis.

Background: The diagnosis of organizing pneumonia (OP) often requires histological confirmation. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the diagnostic yield and complication rate of radial endobronchial ultrasound (r-EBUS) for OP.

Methods: All patients who had r-EBUS as a first diagnostic procedure for a peripheral pulmonary lesion at Rouen University Hospital, France, between April 2008 and December 2020 were included.

Surgical or medical strategy for locally-advanced, stage IIIA/B-N2 non-small cell lung cancer: Reproducibility of decision-making at a multidisciplinary tumor board.

Background: Stage IIIA/B-N2 is a very heterogeneous group of patients and accounts for one third of NSCLC at diagnosis. The best treatment strategy is established at a Multidisciplinary Tumor Board (MTB): surgical resection with neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy versus definitive chemoradiation with immune checkpoint inhibitors consolidation. Despite the crucial role of MTBs in this complex setting, limited data is available regarding its performances and the reproducibility of the decision-making.

The Use of Flocked Swabs with a Protective Medium Increases the Recovery of Live Brucella spp. and DNA Detection.

Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by bacteria from the genus Brucella. Once established, it is very hard to eradicate this disease, since it contaminates animals, the environment, and humans, causing problems for veterinary and public health as well as wildlife protection programs. Swabs are used for sampling in bacteriological and/or molecular diagnostics, from seropositive animals with disease symptoms, from genitalia or tissue lesions, as well as from contaminated environments.

Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy localization of lung nodules for thoracoscopic resection.

Background: Thoracoscopic localization of small peripheral pulmonary nodules is a concern. Failure can lead to larger parenchymal resection or conversion to thoracotomy. This study evaluates our experience in preoperative electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy-guided localization of small peripheral lung lesions.

Incomplete Carney Triad: A Surgical Case of a Rare Syndrome.

We describe a 36-year-old woman with multiple gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors, hepatic and lymphatic metastasis, and a mediastinal paraganglioma as a presentation of an incomplete Carney triad. We present our therapeutic approach, with emphasis on the surgical and oncologic specificities of this syndrome.

Prevalence of sarcopenia and malnutrition during acute exacerbation of COPD and after 6 months recovery.

Background/objectives: Sarcopenia defined by the association of skeletal muscle mass depletion and a decreased physical performance is underdiagnosed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. The objective was to assess prevalence of sarcopenia and malnutrition in hospitalized COPD patients during an acute exacerbation, after 6 months follow-up and the 1-year survival.

Subjects/methods: Hospitalized COPD patients were recruited for the assessment of body composition, handgrip strength, respiratory function, and maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressures (MIP and MEP), during hospitalization and 6 months later.

Expanding the CRISPR Toolbox in Using SpCas9-NG Variant and Application for Gene and Base Editing in Crops.

Genome editing has become a major tool for both functional studies and plant breeding in several species. Besides generating knockouts through the classical CRISPR-Cas9 system, recent development of CRISPR base editing holds great and exciting opportunities for the production of gain-of-function mutants. The PAM requirement is a strong limitation for CRISPR technologies such as base editing, because the base substitution mainly occurs in a small edition window.

Brucella melitensis Rev.1 vaccination generates a higher shedding risk of the vaccine strain in Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) compared to the domestic goat (Capra hircus).

Epidemiological investigations implemented in wild and domestic ruminants evidenced a reservoir for Brucella in Capra ibex in the French Alps. Vaccination was considered as a possible way to control Brucella infection in this wildlife population. Twelve ibexes and twelve goats were allocated into four groups housed separately, each including six males or six non-pregnant females.

Calmodulin is involved in the dual subcellular location of two chloroplast proteins.

Cell compartmentalization is an essential process by which eukaryotic cells separate and control biological processes. Although calmodulins are well-known to regulate catalytic properties of their targets, we show here their involvement in the subcellular location of two plant proteins. Both proteins exhibit a dual location, namely in the cytosol in addition to their association to plastids (where they are known to fulfil their role).

Brucella microti-like prevalence in French farms producing frogs.

In the last 10 years, many atypical novel members of Brucella species have been reported, including several Brucella inopinata-like strains in wild-caught and "exotic" amphibians from various continents. In 2017, a strain of Brucella was isolated for the first time in animals from a French farm producing frogs-Pelophylax ridibundus-for human consumption and identified as B. microti-like.

[The role of electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions].

Introduction: Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) is a recent, minimally invasive procedure utilized to guide endoscopic diagnostic tools to peripheral pulmonary nodules. The place of this technology among other diagnostic procedures remains uncertain.

Method: We analyzed our 30 first months of ENB used in the diagnosis of 106 lesions in 101 patients, from June 2016 to December 2018.

Small-molecule factor B inhibitor for the treatment of complement-mediated diseases.

Dysregulation of the alternative complement pathway (AP) predisposes individuals to a number of diseases including paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, and C3 glomerulopathy. Moreover, glomerular Ig deposits can lead to complement-driven nephropathies. Here we describe the discovery of a highly potent, reversible, and selective small-molecule inhibitor of factor B, a serine protease that drives the central amplification loop of the AP.